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Alexander Macdonald Alexander Macdonald i(A25305 works by) (a.k.a. Alex Macdonald)
Born: Established: 3 Oct 1878 Perthshire,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1939 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 1 form y separately published work icon The Kingdom of Twilight Tanami Alexander Macdonald , ( dir. Alexander Macdonald ) Australia : Seven Seas Screen Productions , 1929 7841327 1929 single work film/TV
2 form y separately published work icon The Unsleeping Eye Alexander Macdonald , ( dir. Alexander Macdonald ) Papua New Guinea : Seven Seas Screen Productions , 1928 7841382 1928 single work film/TV

Set in Papua New Guinea, this film followed a drunken gold miner, his wife, and his partner.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Mystery of Diamond Creek Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1927 Z1180176 1927 single work children's fiction mystery children's

'Captain John Netley leaves his wife and family to try to retrieve their fortunes by finding Diamond Creek. Prior to his departure his son, Stuart, says stoutly that if his father is lost he will go and look lor him with a gun and a servant. The explorer fails to return and in due course Stuart Notley keeps his word. The party cross the great Australian desert and rescue his rather, thanks to the wonderful car, the 'Murray Mustoden.' A gold rush, desert adventures, captivity in a mysterious stronghold, and tense situations make, an extremely stirring yarn.'

Source:

'Children's Series', Daily Telegraph, 19 November 1927, p.18.
1 1 y separately published work icon Through the Heart of Tibet Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1910 Z1180405 1910 single work children's fiction children's adventure Hobart Mercury of 30 November 1909 states that the work 'is written in Alexander Macdonald's usually vigorous style, and deals with a secret expedition to the very heart of Tibet and the sacred city of Lhasa, and into which is woven the adventures of a boy hero, which affords splendid reading for youths' ('Publications Received' 7).
1 3 y separately published work icon The Invisible Island : A Story of the Far North of Queensland Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1910 Z1180116 1910 single work children's fiction children's

An adventure story for boys, set among a gold-mining flurry in Far North Queensland.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Hidden Nugget : A Story of the Australian Goldfields Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1909 Z844277 1909 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction 'Mixture of mystery, adventure, suspense, and intricate plot. Frank Brandon is the hero, "tall and slim of build, but as tough and wiry as most Australians bred on back-block plains". A heavy sense of mystery and foul play centres around a large nugget hidden somewhere in vast WA' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 271).
1 y separately published work icon The White Trail : A Story of the Early Days of the Klondike Alexander Macdonald , New York (City) : H. M. Caldwell Company , 1908 Z1180408 1908 single work prose children's
1 y separately published work icon The Island Traders : A Tale of the South Seas Alexander Macdonald , New York (City) : H. M. Caldwell Company , 1908 Z1180144 1908 single work children's fiction children's Raymond Fairfax’s education has been paid for by his uncle up until now, but he has just received a letter advising that he will need to make his own way in the world from now on. As he gazes out at the ships at Circular Quay in Sydney, he ponders his future. He supposes he might make a career as a journalist, and he thinks he might go overseas. His one asset, as he sees it, is his ability to speak Mota, a Melanesian language. While he thinks through his quandary, he sees a ship that is called, serendipitously enough, the Mota. It is a chance encounter that will determine the path of Raymond’s future.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Quest of the Black Opals : A Tale of Adventure in the Heart of Australia Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1908 Z1180131 1908 single work children's fiction children's 'Dick Gordon and Jack Meredith, 18 years old and newly arrived in Australia, explore the opal fields from Victoria to the border between south-west Queensland and north-eastern SA. The boys spend all day cycling to the opal fields of White Cliffs in outback heat, without a trace of sunburn or heat exhaustion. Macdonald includes the complete verses of '"Waltzing Matilda", sightings of bunyips, a grand corroboree, and a voyage down the Darling which borders on the burlesque' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 271).
1 5 y separately published work icon The Lost Explorers : A Story of the Trackless Desert Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1907 Z120835 1907 single work children's fiction children's

'Bob Wentworth, 18, and Jack Armstrong, 16, leave their work at the Clyde Engineering Works and set off to Australia with Mr Mackay in search of gold. The story moves from the goldfields of WA across the centre of Australia. The character of Mackay is based on Macdonald himself. He is engimatic, an able fighter, and a sensitive flautist who has a broad general knowledge (which he is not averse to imparting freely) and is moved to tears by music.'

(Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 271).
3 y separately published work icon The Pearl Seekers : A Tale of the Southern Seas Alexander Macdonald , New York (City) : Blackie , 1907 Z1180228 1907 single work children's fiction children's adventure
1 y separately published work icon In the Land of Pearl and Gold : A Pioneer's Wanderings in the Backblocks and Pearling Grounds of Australia and New Guinea Alexander Macdonald , London : Blackie , 1907 Z844274 1907 selected work prose travel
2 y separately published work icon In Search of El Dorado : A Wanderer's Experiences Alexander Macdonald , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1905 Z844271 1905 single work autobiography
1 How We Found Our Water-Hole Alexander Macdonald , 1904 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Courage and Peril : Tales of Adventure in Many Lands 1904; (p. 103-109 (second sequence))
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